UPTET Eligibility Criteria is defined as per age limit, education qualification, minimum percentage required, and other factors. The basic standard is to hold a Bachelor's degree with minimum of 50% aggregate marks from a recognized University/ Institute.Read UPTET Syllabus

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• Candidates with D.EI.Ed from NIOS might not be eligible for UPTET 2021. Read more here
• Candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree with minimum 50% marks from a recognized university.
• Candidate should be between 18-35 years of age.
• Candidate should be a citizen of India/ Nepal/ Bhutan/Tibet.
• UPTET exam consists of 2 papers – Paper 1 and paper 2. Check UPTET Exam Pattern.
• Candidates who score 60% in UPTET 2020 will be considered qualified for UPTET Recruitment. Check UPTET Cutoff
• However, the reserved category candidates are required to score only 55% marks to qualify.
• UPTET qualifiers will be issued an eligibility certificate to apply for the post of teachers in state government schools.

UPTET 2020 Eligibility Criteria for Primary Teachers (Classes I-V)

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum 50% marks from recognized university & 2 years Diploma (D.Ed) from N.C.T.E/ Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). OR
• Bachelor’s degree & 2 years B.T.C., C.T. (Nursery)/ Nursery Teacher Training (NTT) OR
• Bachelor’s degree & qualification in  Special B.T.C. Training OR
• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years & BCT Urdu special training in Uttar Pradesh OR
• Bachelor’s degree and Diploma in Teaching from Aligarh Muslim University (For Urdu Teacher) or Moallim-E-Urdu Degree before 11-08-1997

UPTET 2020 Eligibility for Upper Primary Teachers (Classes VI-VIII)

• Bachelor’s degree & B.T.C from National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) approved institute OR
• Bachelor’s degree with minimum 50% marks & B.Ed/ B.Ed Special Education from Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) OR
• Intermediate (10+2) with minimum 50% marks & 4 year B.A/ B.S.C.Ed/ B.A.Ed from N.C.T.E./ U.G.C recognized institute OR
• Intermediate (10+2) with minimum 50% marks & 4 year Degree (B.El.Ed) in Primary Education OR
• Bachelor’s degree with minimum 45% & B.Ed degree

UPTET 2020 Eligibility for Primary Sanskrit & English teachers (Classes I-V)

1. Bachelor’s degree with Sanskrit/English as the main subject AND

• B.C.T from NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education) approved institute OR
• Diploma (D.Ed.) (2 year) from N.C.T.E/ Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) approved institute OR
• 2 year C.T (Nursery)/ Nursery Teacher Training (NTT) from NCTE approved institute

UPTET 2020 Eligibility for Upper-primary Sanskrit & English teacher (Classes V-VIII)

• Bachelor’s degree with Sanskrit/English as the main subject AND B.T.C./ C.T. (Nursery) from a NCTE approved institute  OR
• Bachelor’s degree with Sanskrit/English as the main subject and minimum 50% marks AND B.Ed / B.Ed special degree from NCTE/RCI approved institute  OR
• Bachelor’s degree with Sanskrit/English as the main subject and minimum 45% marks AND B.Ed Degree

UPTET 2020 Eligibility for Primary Urdu teacher (Classes I-V)

1. Bachelor’s or Post Graduate Degree with Urdu as main subject from recognized university AND

• B.T.C from NCTE approved institute in Uttar Pradesh OR
• BCT (2 years) in Urdu training in Uttar Pradesh OR
• Moallim-E-Urdu Degree holder before 11-08-1997

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UPTET 2020 Eligibility for Upper-primary Urdu teacher (Classes VI-VIII)

1. Bachelor’s or Post Graduate Degree with Urdu as main subject from recognized university AND

• B.T.C from NCTE approved institute in Uttar Pradesh OR
• B.Ed/B.Ed special Degree from NCTE/RCI approved institute OR
• BCT (2 years) in Urdu training in Uttar Pradesh OR
• Moallim-E-Urdu Degree holder before 11-08-1997 OR
• Diploma in Teaching from Aligarh Muslim University

UPTET Eligibility Criteria – Age limit

Candidates who belong to general category (UR) should be more than or equal to 18 Years and less than 35 Years of age. There is age relaxation for reserved categories which is shown below:

UPTET 2020 Number of Attempts

• There is no restriction on number of attempts in UPTET exam.

Nationality

• Candidate should be a citizen of India.
• Candidates who belong to Nepal/ Bhutan /Tibet are also eligible to apply.

UPTET Eligibility Certificate 2020

• Candidates who score 60% (90/150 marks) of the total marks would be considered qualified for UPTET recruitment.
• However, the reserved category candidates are required to score only 55% marks (83/150 marks) to qualify.
• Candidates possessing a Diploma from NCTE/ RCI will be given preference.
• Candidates who qualify the exam would be getting the UPTET eligibility certificate. 
• It is valid for 5 years.
• Eligibility Certificate can be taken from the district education board by providing a copy of UPTET Admit Card and Photo Identity Card.
• Candidates who want to acquire a second copy of the UPTET Eligibility Certificate can avail by paying fees of INR 300 through DD (Demand Draft) payable at:

Secretary, Examination Controller Officer,

Uttar Pradesh, 23 Allenganj,

Allahabad

A candidate has to submit copies of the following documents to retrieve the second copy of UPTET Eligibility Certificate:

1. Class X mark-sheet
2. UPTET Admit Card
3. Caste Certificate
4. PH Certificate
5. Advertisement of lost Eligibility Certificate in Newspaper
6. FIR Copy of lost UPTET Eligibility Certificate

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UPTET 2020 Qualifying Marks

UPBEB will fix the minimum qualifying marks for all the candidates who will appear for UPTET 2020 and the candidates will have to secure marks according to the minimum qualifying marks in order to qualify the exam. 

Minimum Qualifying Marks 

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